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Antiquarian Library - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
The Pocket Companion and History of Freemasons (Scott, J.) 1754
Author:- Scott, J.
Date:- 1754 -
UGLE Classification:- BE 98 SCO - Government and Organisation of the Craft: Early pocket Companions
WMLMT Classification:- Handbooks
Country of Origin:- England -
Order:- Craft (& Freemasonry General)
Details
Containing their Origin, Progress and present state;an Abstract of their Laws, Constitutions, Customs, Charges, Orders and Regulations for the instruction and Conduct of the Bretbren; a confutation of Dr. Plot’s False Insinuations; an apology occasioned by their Persecution in the Canton of Bcrne, and in the Pope’s Dominions; and a select number of songs and other particulars, for the use of the Society. Per bonam famam et infamiam. London: Printed for J. Scott, at the Black Swan, in Duck Lane, near West Smithfield; and sold by R. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-Noster Row. 1754.
There are three editions of this “Companion,” viz., 1754, 1759, aud 1764, all represented herewith, the second having a list of lodges of 1759, and the third one for 17GB. An unusual trio in combination.
Properties
pp. viii. 328. 6¼”x3¾”. London, 1754.
